The annual August Bank Holiday Art Show in aid of the Southborough Lions charity enjoyed three days of glorious sunshine this weekend as Monday temperatures hit 29 degrees centigrade. Among the exhibitors was Lyoubov Kimble (shown below with her art) who moved to Kent in 1995 from Kiev in Ukraine. She has been at the …
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New FM Radio Station Could Start Transmissions from Southborough in Two Years
A community radio station on FM for listeners in Southborough, Tonbridge and Tunbridge Wells should be hitting the airwaves in the next two years. The station will be able to reach approximately 100,000 listeners, providing a new forum for debating local issues and building links within the community. The likely transmitter site is a location …
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Cancellation of £90m Calverley Project Predicted “Within Two Months”
The controversial plan by Tunbridge Wells Borough Council to take on large debts to build new council offices and a theatre stands a strong chance of being cancelled soon, despite last week’s inconclusive special council meeting. The fate of the £90million project is now in the hands of a group of ten Conservative councillors who …
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Conservatives Agree to Pause Calverley Square Theatre Plan
At a packed special meeting of the Borough Council on Monday night it was agreed to stop all new spending on the planned Tunbridge Wells council offices and theatre. There has been widespread public concern that the new civic centre would have led to the council into a heavy burden of debt. Estimated borrowing would …
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Diana Blackwell Elected to Lead Southborough Society with Renewed Focus on Younger Members
The Southborough Society has chosen Diana Blackwell as its new Chair, after she impressed members with her recent work on modernising the Society’s website and social media offerings. The Society held its Annual General Meeting last Thursday (23rd May), which ended with the election of Diana Blackwell (pictured below), who has spent the last two …
Labour’s Alain Lewis is New Mayor of Southborough
Southborough Town Council met last week for the first time following May’s local elections and installed Cllr Alain Lewis from the Labour Party as the Town’s new Mayor and Chair of the Council. Labour is now the largest single party on the Town Council, following the slump in support for the Conservatives as reported in …
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Trevor Poile is Back on Borough Council for Southborough After 12 Years Away
Liberal Democrat Trevor Poile has returned to the Tunbridge Wells Borough Council by defeating his Conservative opponent, Cllr David Elliott, in Southborough North. Cllr Poile (pictured below) previously represented the same ward for 12 years between 1994 and 2007. He told Southborough News: “This win is particularly special as I have come back as a …
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Calverley Grounds £90 million Civic Project “Unlikely to Happen” After Slump in Conservative Vote
The plan by Tunbridge Wells Borough Council to borrow £90million to build new council offices and theatre in the town is on the brink of collapse after a devastating set of local election results for the ruling Conservative Group. The leader of the Borough Council, David Jukes, lost his seat of Speldhurst and Bidborough. And …
Conservatives Defeated Heavily on Town Council but “too late” to stop Hub
There has been a heavy defeat for the Conservatives on Southborough Town Council, putting Labour in charge of the new council with support from Liberal Democrats. But it seems to be too late to make any major changes to the Southborough Hub plans. Labour's Nick Blackwell (below) told Southborough News that he was overwhelmed by …
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Southborough’s Big Vote on Thursday
Southborough residents only get a chance to vote for their representatives on the Town Council once every four years and that big day is coming soon - Thursday 2nd May. The Conservatives currently have a big majority on the Town Council and they have used their time in power to press ahead with plans to …
